Chapter 146

Chapter 146

Exorcism Shaman (3)

“Our older sister? There.”

Startled I looked at the place the little kid pointed.

Even rubbing eyes and looking again only a middle-aged aunt in hanbok walking this way visible.

‘No way······.’

So asked.

“How old is the older sister?”

“Eight years old.”

The little kid made two V with both hands and smiled faintly.

“No matter how looking that person closer to aunt level, no, grandmother level?”

“But eight years since received the divine descent.”

“······.”

“My older sister registered as divine daughter to the same divine mother.”

Difficult, the shaman’s world.

I shook the head side to side.

‘That tiny one grows······. No wonder said a child looks pretty like a doll.’

I looked down at the kid smiling brightly with complicated eyes.

‘To me insisted so stubbornly twenty-two. Then at that time I with this kid······ so······.’

Somehow seemed to hear the sound of handcuffs clanging in the ear.

The front became distant.

“Speak honestly. You actually not four years old?”

Please say no!

Wouldn’t be. No. ···Wouldn’t be?

“No!”

The little kid urgently counted fingers.

“One, two, seven, nine, five, four! So from five years old became four years old this year.”

If counting so six years old?

Then at that time twenty years old.

“You have to study numbers again from the beginning.”

“Because busy studying Chinese characters and sutra recitation. But I very good at counting 60-base system tracks······.”

“Know 60-base system, not knowing 10-base system makes sense?”

“Counting with gap eul byeong jeong mu gi gyeong sin im gye and ja chuk in myo jin sa o mi sin yu sul hae?”

“······.”

“Who looks with numbers when seeing four pillars?”

“······.”

Head hurts.

In many ways hits the bone.

So deliberately turned the topic.

“But that sent to me? Or to our parents?”

“This precious person older brother’s.”

What the little kid was holding was an unusual object.

On the surface the phrase <​Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva offers.> was written.

What matter the golden light flashing so noisily from the paper letter.

Became curious.

“Grandmother said absolutely don’t show to other people.”

The little kid slightly pulled the golden light paper letter back.

Could have pushed into the main gate gap, but deliberately shaking fluttering in front of my eyes.

“I have to directly, necessarily to precious person older brother, convey without other people knowing said.”

“There even a grown elder came together, why you conveying such? Tiny subject.”

“Because I next after grandmother.”

What sound?

“Because after grandmother I will serve the white tiger deity.”

Next generation head, next generation family head, successor, seems such meaning.

What do I have to know about this side to speak.

“So said have to go directly to greet.”

“Will consider greeted. Go.”

I tried to close the main gate opened slightly again.

Already not knowing the little kid was pushing the foot into the main gate gap.

“Ayat!”

Surprised opened the main gate with a whoosh.

“Hey! Think you some door-to-door salesman?”

“No.”

“This iron door so if caught hurt largely!”

“No.”

“You from this moment no ban!”

“No.”

“If say no sound one more time will chase out. Still will keep saying no?”

“No······ heueung, what to do.”

I squatted and took off the little kid’s flower shoes.

“Euaat, noaaa!”

“Said no ban.”

“No······! Heueung, too much!”

“Stay still a bit. Have to confirm the wound first then go to hospital or apply medicine.”

“No······! Heueung, what to do, what to do!”

Even took off the socks at once.

Held the warm and small bare foot in one hand.

Even looking carefully here and there seemed no particular problem besides a bit reddened.

Bones and muscles also look okay.

“You almost hurt largely if unlucky. From next time absolutely don’t do such dangerous actions······.”

Blurred the later words unlike me.

The little kid was sitting slumped on the floor revealing bare legs between the skirt.

Covering the mouth with the white shaman robe sleeve and bright red not knowing what to do flustered.

“Th, th, this shouldn’t······.”

“What shouldn’t like this?”

“I, I, I have a husband······.”

“Tiny one already husband chant from now?”

Inwangsan White-Haired Witch.

Heard the hair turned completely white overnight receiving misfortune instead of the husband?

Heard climbed Inwangsan every winter to offer hundred-day ritual and prayed for him lifelong.

So called Inwangsan White-Haired Witch.

‘Not even knowing became Inwangsan White-Haired Witch. Only I lived digging every corner of the country like a crazy guy. For 12 years.’

Clearly fingers intactly attached now.

But from earlier kept throbbing aching.

The left hand ring finger I cut with my hand and threw to the Namsan Leech.

To exchange for her news.

“Know what kind of guy that husband of yours is? Knowing nothing.”

Childish spite.

‘The damn bastard who didn’t even show the nose at his wife’s funeral!’

About three months before I died.

Heard the news that Inwangsan White-Haired Witch died.

As a human duty decided to see off the deceased’s last.

Honestly speaking ran because couldn’t believe died though.

The daughter of Inwangsan White-Haired Witch who was the chief mourner held my hand and cried endlessly saying ‘thank you for not forgetting mother and seeing off until the last going path.’

“How a woman not even knowing who······.”

“No!”

“Said no ban.”

“······Said knew yesterday.”

What know?

That guy a guy I of course even the Namsan Leech’s information source couldn’t find until the end.

Clearly alive, but no person who saw even one strand of that guy’s hair.

“Who? How old? Whose house son? By any chance not fetal marriage promise, or political marriage, such?”

“How do I know even that?”

“Said know earlier?”

“Only saw the face?”

The little kid lifted the large shaman robe sleeve and tightly covered the bright red face.

Why getting angry?

“So handsome? How much? To the extent the face hot hot just thinking?”

“······Precious person older brother if grows extremely extremely handsome.”

Wouldn’t be?

I know because grew, I was unpopular in the past.

Because of the burn scar covering more than half the face women disliked.

“Pretty women with prominent backgrounds line line line.”

“How do you know that?”

“Because saw.”

What saw?

Even the underworld messenger can’t see.

“Different from yesterday. I also visible now.”

The little kid said hesitating as if troubled.

“No such matters the precious person older brother worries.”

“Not even knowing what I worry.”

“Know. Even the Taeseong family’s killing gate, even the parents’ natural lifespan, and also······.”

“Even the bad connection wanting to cut?”

“Yes.”

The little kid smiled as if knowing all.

“The matters worrying toward older brother’s mother and maternal family side will also soon solve.”

“······.”

“Soon people will flock from a warm place. All people who will help precious person older brother and older brother’s mother.”

How this kid recites line by line before I even take out words?

Somehow seemed exactly like Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva.

“Dislike because reciting line by line like grandmother?”

“······No, just amazing.”

Because not so when lived together with me.

Wondering if lost even such talent while losing memory.

“Don’t know if precious person older brother will believe······.”

The little kid lowered the head deeply and fiddled fingers.

“Actually······ I came to repay the favor to precious person older brother.”

“What favor. What did I do.”

“No.”

“Just took the crying child to the shrine?”

“No.”

“You whenever saying something always insist no.”

“No.”

Every time seeing such appearance pointlessly unsettled.

Even the puffing cheeks and pouting expression exactly as in memory.

“Cheep!”

The little kid raised a hand.

Something extremely large in the air revealed appearance like smoke with a slide then soon came down fluttering.

A transparent red bird with feathers burning like flames.

It was the vermilion bird.

“Said obtained thanks to precious person older brother. Have to say thank you.”

The vermilion bird that was as large as a house reduced appearance with a slide.

“So came to greet older brother and older brother’s guardian deity. Thanks greeting.”

The vermilion bird became exactly chick size and sat on the little kid’s shoulder.

“Because able to enter the shrine with a clean body that shook off all miscellaneous ghosts, on the most auspicious day, at the most auspicious time.”

As if the little kid’s words correct the red chick cheeped.

“Heard at that time the messenger visited so all four directional deities gathered in the shrine.”

[Cheep cheep!]

“Heard that became an unparalleled opportunity and heavenly luck for me.”

[Cheep cheep!]

“The vermilion bird is the god of purification, and the god of judgment. For an exorcism shaman no more auspicious guardian deity than this.”

The little kid folded the eyes and smiled faintly.

The tiny one already knows how to smile sweetly as if the heart will melt.

“Thanks to that heard liberated from the exorcism pain that would have tormented lifelong.”

That’s good.

“Heard if later growing and inheriting even the white tiger deity I will become a great shaman commanding two among the four directional deities.”

That also seems good.

“Heard until now no great shaman commanding two such large gods. So heard yesterday grandmother and the shamans did guest reception larger and more splendid saying a precious person has come.”

What?

“Heard received the messenger’s call from more than two months ago. Heard prepared paper money offered ritual every day from that day.”

No way.

Bribe and request were one set.

“Heard prayed to avoid misfortune relying on the precious person’s auspiciousness.”

Was this the request the underworld messenger received?

“You can’t just leak heaven’s secret going around like that. Heard receive heavenly punishment.”

“This time only okay. Because I just obtained Cheep yesterday. So came here today.”

The little kid held out the golden light letter.

“Grandmother’s gift, still not receive?”

Have to receive.

“Not do exorcism?”

Have to.

Since exorcism for parents.

“Not let me in?”

Ha, this really can’t not let in?

I smiled faintly and opened the main gate.

“Come in.”

Didn’t know the day would come to let this woman into my house again with my hand.

* * *

Amazing.

“Heard if exorcism ritual extremely noisy. Doing quieter than thought?”

“Because no need to chase miscellaneous ghosts noisily. Here clean.”

Well because the underworld messenger cleaned all.

The little kid was sitting straight grinding ink and writing sutra recitation on paper.

All Chinese characters and writing densely with a fine brush so honestly a bit surprised.

“You do calligraphy a bit?”

“Because copied writing sickeningly from young.”

Calm words.

“If read grandmother’s letter would know. Why not ask?”

I looked down at the golden light letter read again several times.

Inwangsan Fairy Bodhisattva’s favor.

A few sentences written at the end of the long long thanks greeting pierced the eyes.

Received a large favor from the precious person. From now on will help with all heart and power until handing over the white tiger deity to the later generation.

Will fill the secret connections the precious person needs.

How many thick political and business world figures come and go the shaman house.

The sound of arranging if there is someone among them wanting to meet secretly.

I also have Cheongwongak. Want to plant listening ears?

If Cheongwongak one of the Republic of Korea’s three major high-class fairies.

The place the president likes to visit, and political and business world big shots hold secret meetings.

Not only that can also help the Taeseong family’s youngest madam’s social circle entry. Shall I open the friendship association made with madams who come and go our house?

In this era associations were popular.

To the extent the sound comes out that if meeting once one association is made common.

For commoners because the bank threshold was so high often made as one of private loan activities,

Upper class madams made for connections and investment.

Said three people make a tiger.

The meaning that if only three liars insist with one mouth even a non-existent tiger is made.

Sometimes rumors moving from mouth to mouth of famous figures more scary than openly driving media play.

Inwangsan White-Haired Witch who nested in the Samcheong-dong shaman house, and climbs Inwangsan every winter to offer hundred-day ritual.

The reason she became one of the five big shots of the Republic of Korea’s shady side.

Connections encompassing China and Japan were terrifying level.

Please accept the meaning of sending our child. Heaven also closes eyes to the first fortune of a baby shaman who just received the god.